Telephone pad attachment.



C. B. STARBIRD.

' TELEPHONE PAD ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT; 19. 1910. RENEWED MAY 4.1912.

Patented Mar. 28, 1916.

I/VVE VTOR Ira ATTO EV sme s. magnet, osmjiewqzioax, N. Y.; ELEPHQT EL 13A miueotiiusm.

i i Spcificfition oflttrsletegtg iPatenfd 23, 1 16, e1 910, 53131116. ss nsg feewm m 4, 1912. serial no. 95,322.

portion has its lower margin struck up v rIeRQIB. STAR- 3 along" the line 6 to formf'tlie clip 7 and 9. States, and a, oentral poi'tion spacec llthereffom struck .up ,of hlja'nhattan to form {the clip 8, theia bove being bjent ew Yorlz heve alongclottedlime 9 The clips 7 and 8 are dfilSefipl} Improve? strueli npfclips ifo 'holding the memorenadnAtteehments; set 'cllmri padlO grippecltherehetween, While the eoificetioi j t clips A andh5, ooiipera ting Wlth thQ clip 8,

o telephones "or SGIWERS tlie struck hplclips for holding the peneilfll Apair of symr etr icelly positioned legs l2 and 13-arestruck down from 5 thebodyportion l to support the attachment fromfthe telephonebase 1 L. i h h Wheelie actual use, the body portionocftoypr 'ovide icupies av downwardly inclined position 'as phone pad, shown ,iI i FigFL while e horizontal ledge uicleifd ztiidbase of poetioni 1,5: is: bent down into a horizontal i i P QS tion forfthefinishleclstructure along the dottecllihe 17. f This ledgeportion 15isprotitledfwitha central slot 16 the inner lips of ,itrcl to 'simwhich extencloutbjeyohd the shoulderslS and V y ahtlfltlrhbility. lflgkofj'the leclge portion 15 and which ere attachment is robent atf right anglesto the ledge portion 15 pad afnd lj pencil to formspring grippihgjaws 20 and 2lthe he structure of 1 011terends22 and 23 of which time inwardly gle stempiiigot fax dwoutpvardly curved to take and grip 7 es [wvithihgitselfnot snugly iabout the telephone standard 24. "as l I J S QfQI the patl end, shownin Fig.1; In the embodiment illusrippinl g jaws; fonhold-i Qtrated the g rippingl jews- 20 and 21 I are theytelephone,instruf shownhstruck;down (that is out at right oxbetaken ofi or to: .aiigles ehclklowhwardlw from the ledge 15 although it iswelluunclerstoocl that that is e ohjectsiof' the i11 hnot neoessary that they be struck. down, th m theaccompany {ratherthanup. i i I sh 1d ereatll ijnfeolir ee It should he noted thatthere are practiescriptiveuspeeifi gcally tli i'ee points of support provided for 1i inustrativeem: the atteohment relatively to the telephone A i I jshown ii n theaclinstr u menjtz one about the standard 24 and 'ng e1 bartot this twogleterally spaced symmetrically posig llziraeterslclesig tiohedpoints-upon the telephone base 14,

sixndiniWhich eorrespondihgl totheflegs 12 and 13.1 YThis etioriofthe attachy j methodfl of attachment insures stability. ac io witlya tele Fi lrtheiimpre this stability is independent ihgleflmetal (if-Whether the telephone instrument is restf 1e isformecl flieg tipoii a; table ork upported upon a mov- 34s aplan eblez hracketrai m. If the instrumentnissjupthinentvinwwhich pel't'edii pon a table the telephone atte'ehperspeetivep nient ofithisinvention hasthe advantageof floutin the form; restihg' alongthe lower edge 6 of the body construction of the attachment (lescfibd, although ins preferred that a sheet metal having at least a moderate amount of spring be employed. Sheet steel, sheet brass, sheet iron and sheet aluminum are satisfactory.

What is claimed and what is desired to be secured by United States Letters Patent is 1. A-pad attachment for telephonescomprising a single stamped sheet of metal havstandard; a body;

k b upon?! the telephone base;

ing spring jaws for gripping thetransmitter portion inclined at an angle to the planejof said spring jaws; and integral struck-up clips for holding a pad. 2. A pad attachment for telephones coniprising' a single'stamped sheet of metal haw ng-spaced oppositely arranged integral spring jaws for gripping the V transmitter standard; a body portion, inclined at an an? gle to the plane of said'sp'ring jaws; andin-v tegral 'struckf-upiclip for holding a -pad,and pencilJfl A pad att chment for telephones' comprising a single stamped sheet of metal hit-V ingJ-Spaced oppositely arranged integral spring jaws for grippmgthev transmitter standard; abody portion inclined atan. angle to the plane said spring jaws; struckdown' portions for said body portion to rest and integral s rii k-f p c ps fwhqlding a mi fj4 l A pad attaehm'ent for-telephones com prising a single stampedsheet of metal hav5 Inga topfledge slotted at'the center to receive the transmitter standard and having the inner' lips of, the slotted portionstruck;

out a'trightangles to said ledge-and extending beyond the ledge to form spring grippin'gijaws'yand a body portion downwardly inclined relatiyely to said top ledgeand having struck-upelips for holding a pad.

"5,. A pad attachment for telephones com prising a single stamped sheet of metal having a tophorizontal ledge slotted at the center toreceive thetransmitterstandard and having the inner lips of the slotted portion struck out at right extending beyond the ledge to form spring gripping-jaws; a body portion downwardly M inclinedrelatively to said topledge and having struc k-up clips for holding a pad; and

spaced oppositely arranged integral anglesto said ledge and telephone transmitter standgkand means for securing memorandum portion. j a a a 7. Anattachment for telephones comprisingaflat :body portiong a pair of spring jaws extending away ,fromthe edge ofsaid flat body portion and each, bent into a posi tion inclinedat aniobtuseangle with said body portion and adapted to detachably engage atelephone transmitter, sstandard :said body portion and saids'pring jaws being so sheets to said body proportioned that when said springs engage said transmitter standard, the body portion and said transmitter @standard can both engage a fiat supporting surface; and, means for securing memorandum .sheets-tor said flat body portion. 1 1 8. An attachment for; telephones comprising a flat: body portioni;- a :pair of spring jaws extending herefrom and'integralwith each other, for the purpose ofedetachab'ly engaging a telephonetransmitter7 standard,

said pair, of. jaws extending*out} at: an ob: tuse angle relativel y to the said; flat, bjody portion iso that they :mayi extend .in a. substantially horizontah direction and, means for securing m'emoranfdu fiat bodyportion. 5

heets to said.

In witness whereof;lha vezsigned m name to this specification-,7 inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses, CHESTER 'Bf' Witnesses: I

.W. G. ALLEN,-' mi L. ALrn'rAn. 

